The surprise of the Talking Heads: “Psycho Killer” now has a video
A few days ago a post on the official Instagram profile of the Talking heads who made an appointment for today, Thursday 5 June. The warning he had immediately turned on the fantasy of the fanswho had immediately started Dreaming of seeing David Byrne and members together on tour. Now the surprise has been revealed: for the first time, the famous song “Psycho Killer“It is accompanied by a video clip. The Talking Heads have in fact published the first official video of their classic, on the occasion of 50th exact anniversary of the band’s debut at the CBGB, the June 5, 1975.
The new video, directed by the renowned director Mike Mills, features the Oscar -winning actress Saoirso Ronan In the role of an “Everywoman”, any woman who begins to lose control while she is trapped in a monotonous life as an employee.
The release of the video clip coincides exactly with the 50th anniversary of the first live concert of the band, held on June 5, 1975, When they opened for the Ramones at the New York CBGB. In the video, Ronan plays a woman trapped in a cyclical routine: her mood changes radically, going from detached to Sereno until anger. He has an emotional collapse in the workplace, dances in his cuisine and remains awake at night in the grip of existential anguish, while the people around her seem not to notice anything.
In a shared note on social media, the Talking Heads praised the unconventional direction of the video:
“This video makes the song even better: We love what this video is not: it is not literal, disturbing, bloody, physically violent or obvious, “they said.
Talking Heads were formed in 1975. “Psycho Killer” was published two years later, in 1977, as part of the debut album “Talking Heads: 77“The band then released numerous albums acclaimed by critics, including” Speaking in Tongues “of 1983, before melt in 1991. The group met in 2023 for a promotional tour dedicated to the 40th anniversary of their” Stop Making Making Sense “film, but rejected subsequent offers to return to performance, including-according to rumors-a compensation of 80 million dollars offered by Live Nation.Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense“, Which includes covers made by artists such as Paramore, gross, Miley Cyrus and The National.
